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EBENEZER CURTICE, OF YONKERS, NEW-YORK.

Letters Patent No. 61,927, dated .February 12, 1867. v

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Be it known that I, EBENEZER CURTIGE, of Yonkers, in the county ofWestchester, in the State of New York, have made an invention to applyto Hymn and Tune-Books ,I and I do hereby declare that the following isa. full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

5 This invention consists in applying to books made with the leaves outin two transversely, between the hymns and tunes, as shown by thediagrams, in which the lines markedf show where the leaves are out intwo, the tunes being printed on the parts marked a, and hymns' on theparts marked b, the whole leaves c intervening di'erent parts of thebook for the purposetof separating the different metres. The leavesmarked c, fig. l, show some of the intervening whole leaves. Also inapplying a holder to the book for the purpose of keeping the eut leavesopen and in place while the book is in` use. Theholder, in theaccompanying drawing, is the piece of` binding or braid, d, with the tinslide e on it, and is attached at the top of the book. It can be made ofany other suitable material. When in use, it is brought over theopenbook and the slide so adjusted as to bear onall four of thc open leaves.It is held in place by the thumb of the hand holding the book, as shownin iig. 2. By this invention all the hymns of thc same metre may be sungto any tune of likemetre in the book, the singer having both words andmusic open before him.' All the long-metre hymns can be sung to the tuneOld Hundred by simply turning over the bottom leaves, having the topleaves open to the tune Old Hundred.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I Wish to secure LettersPatent, is-

1. In singing-Hooks, having their leaves cut as herein described, theuse of wholeleaves intervening the cnt leaves, for the purpose mentionedherein.

2. The application of a holder, in the manner and fo'r the purposeherein specified.

` EBENEZER CURTICE.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. UNDEfnWooD, Cms. R. OTIs.

